SQL Server Jobs in London

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 43 46
Rank change year-on-year -51 +3 +16
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 435 1,237 2,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.42% 5.24% 5.96%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 15.74% 24.37% 23.97%
Number of salaries quoted 322 992 1,686
10th Percentile £46,375 £43,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £53,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £68,823
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -5.55% +5.88%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £100,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.82%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
London

SQL Server falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,763 5,075 8,824
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 21.69% 21.49% 24.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,936 3,825 6,088
10th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £62,250 £56,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £115,000 £96,250 £97,500
90th Percentile £137,500 £122,500 £117,236
England median annual salary £62,779 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.18% -11.54% +8.33%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in London

SQL Server
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in London.

Salary trend for SQL Server in London

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in London

SQL Server
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -6 139 £72,500 +11.54% 68
West London +31 14 £45,000 -16.28% 15
South London +2 9 £60,000 - 6
East London -16 3 £49,500 -13.91% 4
North London +1 2 £70,000 +27.27%
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 40 (9.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (4.60%) Confluence
3 19 (4.37%) SharePoint
4 16 (3.68%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (3.45%) IIS
6 14 (3.22%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.92%) Moodle
7 4 (0.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.69%) Apache
9 2 (0.46%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.46%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.23%) Appian
10 1 (0.23%) Tornado
Applications
1 25 (5.75%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.15%) Trello
4 4 (0.92%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 35 (8.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.76%) Fidessa
3 4 (0.92%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.92%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.92%) Endur
4 3 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.46%) Eikon
5 2 (0.46%) RMDS
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.23%) PlanetPress Connect
6 1 (0.23%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 236 (54.25%) Azure
2 103 (23.68%) Power Platform
3 54 (12.41%) Dynamics 365
4 53 (12.18%) AWS
5 49 (11.26%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (9.66%) Microsoft 365
7 39 (8.97%) Azure Data Factory
8 34 (7.82%) Power Automate
9 32 (7.36%) PowerApps
10 26 (5.98%) GitHub
10 26 (5.98%) Serverless
11 25 (5.75%) Azure Logic Apps
12 20 (4.60%) Cloud Computing
13 17 (3.91%) Azure Monitor
14 15 (3.45%) Entra ID
14 15 (3.45%) GCP
14 15 (3.45%) SaaS
15 12 (2.76%) Azure Functions
15 12 (2.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 11 (2.53%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 38 (8.74%) Firewall
2 25 (5.75%) DNS
3 20 (4.60%) DHCP
4 15 (3.45%) TCP/IP
5 12 (2.76%) HTTP
6 9 (2.07%) NetScaler
7 8 (1.84%) FIX Connectivity
7 8 (1.84%) Network Security
7 8 (1.84%) VPN
8 5 (1.15%) SAN
9 3 (0.69%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (0.69%) LAN
9 3 (0.69%) WAN
10 2 (0.46%) NAS
10 2 (0.46%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.46%) VLAN
10 2 (0.46%) VSAN
10 2 (0.46%) Wireless
11 1 (0.23%) Fast Ethernet
11 1 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (20.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 72 (16.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 71 (16.32%) Power BI
4 49 (11.26%) Data Warehouse
5 46 (10.57%) Relational Database
6 31 (7.13%) DB2
7 30 (6.90%) Azure SQL Database
8 28 (6.44%) PostgreSQL
9 27 (6.21%) Data Lake
10 20 (4.60%) MongoDB
11 19 (4.37%) Tableau
12 18 (4.14%) MySQL
12 18 (4.14%) NoSQL
13 17 (3.91%) Oracle Reports
14 11 (2.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 8 (1.84%) Apache Hive
15 8 (1.84%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 7 (1.61%) Power Query
16 7 (1.61%) Redis
17 6 (1.38%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 59 (13.56%) Git
2 46 (10.57%) JIRA
3 28 (6.44%) Visual Studio
4 10 (2.30%) NUnit
4 10 (2.30%) PowerBuilder
5 9 (2.07%) Jenkins
5 9 (2.07%) Octopus Deploy
6 7 (1.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 7 (1.61%) TeamCity
7 6 (1.38%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (1.15%) Selenium
9 4 (0.92%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.92%) Postman
10 3 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.69%) FitNesse
10 3 (0.69%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.46%) Gatling
11 2 (0.46%) GitLab
11 2 (0.46%) Katalon Studio
11 2 (0.46%) MSTest
General
1 178 (40.92%) Finance
2 167 (38.39%) Social Skills
3 55 (12.64%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (11.49%) Banking
5 32 (7.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (4.14%) Legal
7 16 (3.68%) Retail
8 15 (3.45%) Investment Banking
9 14 (3.22%) Marketing
10 13 (2.99%) Front Office
11 12 (2.76%) Public Sector
12 10 (2.30%) Back Office
12 10 (2.30%) Law
13 6 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.15%) Agriculture
14 5 (1.15%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.92%) Local Government
15 4 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.69%) Advertising
16 3 (0.69%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 148 (34.02%) Developer
2 112 (25.75%) Senior
3 85 (19.54%) Analyst
4 72 (16.55%) Support Analyst
5 59 (13.56%) Applications Support
6 56 (12.87%) Lead
7 55 (12.64%) Applications Support Analyst
8 54 (12.41%) Senior Developer
9 38 (8.74%) Data Engineer
10 35 (8.05%) .NET Developer
11 31 (7.13%) Senior Analyst
12 29 (6.67%) C# Developer
13 28 (6.44%) Architect
14 26 (5.98%) Senior Applications Support
14 26 (5.98%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
14 26 (5.98%) Senior Support Analyst
15 23 (5.29%) Full-Stack Developer
16 20 (4.60%) SQL Analyst
17 14 (3.22%) Lead Developer
17 14 (3.22%) SQL Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (42.53%) .NET
2 65 (14.94%) .NET Framework
3 55 (12.64%) HTML
3 55 (12.64%) React
4 52 (11.95%) AngularJS
5 51 (11.72%) CSS
6 43 (9.89%) ASP.NET
7 41 (9.43%) REST
8 39 (8.97%) .NET Core
9 34 (7.82%) RESTful
10 30 (6.90%) Entity Framework
11 28 (6.44%) SOAP
12 27 (6.21%) GraphQL
12 27 (6.21%) XML
13 24 (5.52%) ASP.NET Web API
14 21 (4.83%) Web Services
15 20 (4.60%) JSON
16 17 (3.91%) HTML5
17 16 (3.68%) WPF
18 14 (3.22%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 28 (6.44%) Legacy Applications
2 28 (6.44%) Product Ownership
3 17 (3.91%) Cloud Native
4 12 (2.76%) Hedge funds
5 11 (2.53%) Reinsurance
6 9 (2.07%) Clustering
6 9 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (2.07%) Mobile App
6 9 (2.07%) Replication
6 9 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.84%) Eurex
8 7 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.61%) Equities
9 6 (1.38%) Derivative
9 6 (1.38%) Distributed Applications
9 6 (1.38%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.15%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.15%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 105 (24.14%) Windows
2 59 (13.56%) Linux
3 38 (8.74%) Windows Server
4 34 (7.82%) Unix
5 8 (1.84%) CentOS
6 7 (1.61%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.92%) Android
8 4 (0.92%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.92%) Rocky
9 3 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.46%) Solaris
10 2 (0.46%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (27.36%) Agile
2 111 (25.52%) Problem-Solving
3 106 (24.37%) DevOps
4 69 (15.86%) CI/CD
5 68 (15.63%) Computer Science
6 65 (14.94%) Business Intelligence
7 61 (14.02%) ETL
8 60 (13.79%) Migration
9 51 (11.72%) Mentoring
10 45 (10.34%) SDLC
11 44 (10.11%) CRM
12 40 (9.20%) Data Integration
13 39 (8.97%) Disaster Recovery
14 38 (8.74%) Analytics
14 38 (8.74%) Data Pipeline
14 38 (8.74%) ITIL
15 37 (8.51%) Containerisation
15 37 (8.51%) Software Engineering
15 37 (8.51%) TDD
16 36 (8.28%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 264 (60.69%) SQL
2 194 (44.60%) C#
3 99 (22.76%) JavaScript
4 83 (19.08%) T-SQL
5 74 (17.01%) Python
6 54 (12.41%) PowerShell
7 38 (8.74%) PL/SQL
7 38 (8.74%) TypeScript
8 34 (7.82%) VB.NET
9 33 (7.59%) Java
10 11 (2.53%) Bash
11 7 (1.61%) C
12 6 (1.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (1.38%) Perl
12 6 (1.38%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.15%) VB
14 4 (0.92%) PHP
15 3 (0.69%) C++
15 3 (0.69%) Gremlin
15 3 (0.69%) Scala
Qualifications
1 90 (20.69%) Degree
2 29 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (4.60%) Security Cleared
4 16 (3.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (3.22%) Azure Certification
6 12 (2.76%) Master's Degree
7 10 (2.30%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.92%) PhD
8 4 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.69%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.46%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.46%) MCP
10 2 (0.46%) MCSE
11 1 (0.23%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.23%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.23%) Dell Certification
11 1 (0.23%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.23%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.37%) Data Quality
2 15 (3.45%) QA
3 14 (3.22%) GDPR
4 9 (2.07%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.92%) SLA
7 3 (0.69%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.69%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.46%) NCSC
9 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.23%) MiFID
9 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 36 (8.28%) Active Directory
1 36 (8.28%) Docker
2 23 (5.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (4.37%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.07%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (1.84%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.61%) vSphere
7 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.23%) GPFS
7 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.23%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 47 (10.80%) Kubernetes
2 25 (5.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 24 (5.52%) Terraform
4 19 (4.37%) SCCM
5 16 (3.68%) Ansible
6 11 (2.53%) Failover Clustering
7 10 (2.30%) Grafana
8 9 (2.07%) Prometheus
9 8 (1.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 8 (1.84%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (1.15%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.69%) Control-M
11 3 (0.69%) Puppet
12 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (0.46%) SCOM
13 1 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
13 1 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
13 1 (0.23%) PaperCut
13 1 (0.23%) WMI
13 1 (0.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 209 (48.05%) Microsoft
2 71 (16.32%) Oracle
3 29 (6.67%) VMware
4 22 (5.06%) Databricks
5 21 (4.83%) ServiceNow
6 17 (3.91%) Cisco
7 15 (3.45%) Bloomberg
8 14 (3.22%) Reuters
9 13 (2.99%) Red Hat
10 12 (2.76%) Citrix
11 10 (2.30%) iManage
11 10 (2.30%) SolarWinds
12 9 (2.07%) Trayport
12 9 (2.07%) Veeam
13 8 (1.84%) CQG
13 8 (1.84%) Intapp
13 8 (1.84%) ION Trading
13 8 (1.84%) NetApp
14 7 (1.61%) Dell
14 7 (1.61%) Patsystems